Robotics Engineer - Motion Planning

This is an opportunity to take genuine ownership of a complex robotic platform. You’ll join a technically ambitious team developing advanced autonomous machinery for demanding real-world applications, working across motion planning, controls, perception, hardware and safety.

This is a hands-on, high-ownership role serving as the primary technical driver for implementing motion planning and control across a unique multi-axis robotic platform
. You’ll be responsible for developing robust path planning and collision avoidance capabilities. The platform combines multi-axis linear and rotational actuation to perform complex precision operations.
Multiple manipulators working within a confined spaces, creating challenging planning and collision-avoidance problems.

• Real ownership: Drive the motion planning stack rather than working on an isolated part of the system.
• Complex robotics: Solve challenging problems around kinematics, collision avoidance, constrained environments and trajectory performance.
• Physical hardware: See your work move from simulation into real-world robotic systems.
• Technical influence: Work with a highly collaborative team with the autonomy to shape engineering decisions.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the ROS 2 and Move It ecosystems
, with the ability to configure and adapt kinematic models, planning scenes and planner interfaces including OMPL, STOMP, CHOMP and Pilz for complex robotic hardware.

• Lead motion planning and software integration
  , covering kinematics, trajectory generation, robot models and collision avoidance.
• Develop and optimise ROS 2 motion planning and trajectory execution using approaches such as RRT/RRT*, PRM and trajectory optimisation.
• Develop clean, testable C++/Python software while contributing to architecture, technical decisions and system documentation.

We’re looking for a Senior Robotics Engineer with strong practical experience developing and deploying motion planning systems on physical robots.

• Motion planning & manipulation: RRT/RRT*, trajectory optimisation, kinematics, collision avoidance and safety-aware planning.
• Strong C++/Python, ROS 2, Move It/Move It 2 experience deploying reliable robotic systems.
• Experience validating systems in simulation and diagnosing issues across software, hardware and kinematic models.
• Experience with complex mechatronic systems within industrial automation
  , real-time trajectory execution, hardware-in-the-loop testing or safety-rated motion control is highly valuable.
• Experience with perception, sensor integration, LiDAR, depth cameras, point clouds, SLAM or reactive motion planning is also a plus

Looking for challenging motion planning problems, direct access to real hardware and meaningful ownership of the motion stack, this is an opportunity to make a visible impact on an advanced robotic platform.